We Drew Congressional Maps for Partisan Advantage. That Was the Point.
Politics is a legal consideration, while race sometimes is not.
by Ralph Hise
Mar 25, 2019
3 minutes
“I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats, because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats,” one of us said in 2016, as the North Carolina legislature drew new congressional maps.
It’s a made-for-headlines statement, an apparent gaffe that reveals what everybody knows but nobody says. And on Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the landmark partisan gerrymanderingit will likely take center stage again.
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